A 17-year-old is accused of attacking and robbing a woman in the children’s clothing section of an Upstate department store.

The woman said she was standing in the J.C. Penney store in Greenwood when she was grabbed from behind, the police report says. The woman said the attacker covered her eyes and had an arm around her neck. She said the next thing she remembered was coming to with her nose bleeding and the robber standing beside her.

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After police reviewed the surveillance video, they located the suspect, later identified as Tamyius Samarj Makings, 17, of Greenwood, near the mall.

Police said that as Makings left the store, he took $95 from the woman’s purse and tossed it into a hallway.

Makings was arrested Thursday and charged with strong-arm robbery. He was booked into the Greenwood County Detention Center.